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Near the border of Norfolk in England, some weird-looking wire bridges span a busy road.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Pfeifer considers the flip side, too: “It’s possible our attention span is decreasing because we’re having fewer conversations.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Indeed, an AI-assisted data crunch by MarketWatch shows that in the 34 times the RSI of SOX was over 80, the average return for the index in the subsequent 12-month span was 22%.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
Considering the recent peak of 8.27 on March 27, the near 20% decline in the index in such a short span appears to be the sharpest drop since last April’s tariff tantrum.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
In the span of a year, I’d gained Barack and lost Suzanne, and the power of those two things together had left me spinning.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing span
President Obama's Speech at Hiroshima
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Civil Engineering
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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